# debilitar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbilitāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [də.βi.liˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [də.bi.liˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.bi.liˈtaɾ]

### Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilití, past participle debilitat)
* (transitive) to weaken
    Synonym: afeblir

#### Related terms

* dèbil
* debilitat

### Further reading

* “debilitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “debilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “debilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “debilitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Interlingua
### Verb

debilitar
* to impair

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | debilitar | debilitar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | debilitante | debilitate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | debilita | ha debilitate |
| active | past | debilitava | habeva debilitate |
| active | future | debilitara | habera debilitate |
| active | conditional | debilitarea | haberea debilitate |
| active | imperative | debilita | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es debilitate | ha essite debilitate |
| passive | past | esseva debilitate | habeva essite debilitate |
| passive | future | essera debilitate | habera essite debilitate |
| passive | conditional | esserea debilitate | haberea essite debilitate |
| passive | imperative | sia debilitate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin dēbilitāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.bi.liˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [de.bi.liˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.bi.liˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.βi.liˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.βi.liˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.bi.liˈta.ɾi/ [dɨ.βi.liˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: de‧bi‧li‧tar

### Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilitei, past participle debilitado)
* (transitive) to enervate (to reduce strength or energy; debilitate)
    Synonym: enfraquecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin dēbilitāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /debiliˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞i.liˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧bi‧li‧tar

### Verb

debilitar (first-person singular present debilito, first-person singular preterite debilité, past participle debilitado)
* (transitive) to weaken
    Synonym: escaecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* débil
* debilidad
* debilitación
* debilitado
* debilitamiento
* debilitante

### Further reading

* “debilitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10